THE CITY OF 



COLUMBUS 



THE CAPITAL OF OHIO 



AND THE 



GREAT RAILWAY CENTER OF THE STATE. 



ISSUED BY 



The Columbus Board oe Trade. 

[official.] 



Columbus, O. 
PRESS OF G. L. MANCHESTER, 
i88<;. 




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Copyrighted by thus. <;. Lord, for The Columbus Board of Trade. 



PREFACE. 



The Columbus Board of Trade, representing the public in- 
terests of said city, and being thoroughly persuaded that no 
place on this continent is better located as a manufacturing 
center, or has greater business advantages, than Columbus, 
Ohio, desires to set forth a few facts and figures, that the busi- 
ness men and manufacturers of less favored localities may be 
guided to a goodly haven, where there is no limit to terri- 
tory, and where exist all the elements which tend toward 
success in any honorable calling. It was desired that a full 
and complete showing of all the industries of Columbus 
should be set forth in this work, but the time for its publica- 
tion being fixed before the necessary research had been com- 
pleted, compels an inadequate and curtailed statement. 
Enough, however, is given to show forth the extensive na- 
ture of the manufacturing and mercantile business here, and 
to satisfy any thinking man that the resources hereabouts are 
not to be surpassed. A glance at the wonderful net-work of 
railroad lines in and out of Ohio's capital, is sufficient to 
carry conviction to everybody that this is a grand point to 
radiate from. 

The information connected herewith is vouched for by the 
Directors of the Board of Trade, in conjunction with whom 
the Secretary has prepared the same for publication. 



THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. 



Columbus, the capital of Ohio, the third State in the Un- 
ion, occupies a position almost central in the State, being 120 
miles north of Cincinnati, 138 miles to the south of Cleve- 
land, 193 miles west of Pittsburgh, and 188 miles from In- 
dianapolis, the capital of Indiana. Although always occu- 
pying a prominent place among the cities of the United 
States, Columbus has not, until within the last few years, as- 
sumed such an eminent position among the chief manufac- 
turing and business places of the land. In the year 181 2, 
the capital of Ohio was located on the east bank of the 
Scioto river, and the streets of Columbus laid out on its pres- 
ent site. Its history then began, and, to follow it up, would 
occupy a large volume ; but suffice to say that, in 1870, the 
United States census ascribes to Columbus a population of 
31,274. At this time the railroads entering the city gave an 
impetus to trade and commerce, by affording ready and con- 
venient means of shipment for both merchandise and manu- 
factures to the outside trade. The completion of the Co- 
lumbus and Hocking Valley road to Athens in 1870, opened 
up the rich coalfields of the Hocking Valley, and added a 
fresh incentive to the manufacturing interests, which have con- 
tinued to grow ever since. Since 1870 the population of Co- 
lumbus has more than doubled. The census of 1 880 gives the 
population as 51,661, and the compilers of last year's city 
directory estimated the population at 72,000. While 
this may be somewhat above the actual population, it is not 
very much amiss, for the growth of the city the last few years 
has been very rapid. 

In days gone by, it was very frequently asserted that Co- 



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tS INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

lumbus owed its existence and its importance to the Capitol 
and State institutions here located. This notion has long 
since passed away, as the progress of its business and manu- 
factures has established in its stead, the most enviable repu- 
tation of its people for their zeal, energy and enterprise. 
It may be possible that some of our cities are growing more 
rapidly than Columbus, but none are making more real, sub- 
stantial progress. 

The present area of Columbus embraces 6, 75 2 acres of land, 
but there is nothing to prevent its extension to an unlimited 
degree. It is surrounded on every side with a level country, 
suitable for building purposes, and its borders in every direc- 
tion are fast becoming built up and covered. The streets are 
well laid out, the original streets being exceptionally broad 
and beautiful, the chief residential street being renowned for 
its magnificent beauty. But few streets on the continent will 
compare with it. The chief business thoroughfare is High 
street, running almost directly north and south, a distance of 
five or six miles. It is well paved with asphalt, with the ex- 
ception of the southern end, which is a handsome macadam- 
ized road. 

During the past year the building boom has been some- 
thing wonderful. Every portion of the city has prospered in 
this regard, and hundreds of buildings have been erected, in- 
cluding dwellings, business blocks, churches and public build- 
ings. No part of the city has so greatly improved as the 
business portion, where a large number of handsome new 
blocks have been erected. So great has been the improve- 
ment in this respect, that Columbus will take a front place 
among the cities of the West for her magnificent and com- 
modious business blocks. 

The sewerage system has received a great deal of attention, 
and during the last year over a quarter of a million of dollars 
have been appropriated and expended by the city council in 
perfecting the same. The Scioto river on the west and Alum 
creek on the eastern boundary furnish admirable means to 
work out a practical and thorough drainage. 



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IO INTERESTS VND RES01 RCES OF 

The water supply for the city is obtained from spring water, 
gathered through extensive filtering galleries, and pumped by 

the Holly system with sufficient force to n<>t only furnish a 
plentiful domestic supply to every portion of the city, but to 
give adequate water supply for fire department purposes. 
The water is excellent and administers largely toward the good 
health and comfort of the people. 

In all of its make-up, Columbus possesses the perfect ele- 
ments of solidity. On all sides are to be seen evidences of 
the staunchness of her citizens, and in all the past history of 
the city, so careful have been public affairs administered, as a 
rule, that the credit of Columbus is not surpassed by any city 
in the United States. Hartford, Connecticut, alone claims a 
wealth surpassing Columbus, based on population, but the 
large outside insurance capital centered there and included in 
her wealth, being deducted, gives to Columbus the title of the 
richest city in the American galaxy according to population, 
all of her capital being owned at home. The tax duplicate 
of the city, compared with the other cities of the State, shows 
that Columbus property has lighter burdens to bear in this 
regard than any of the prominent cities of Ohio, and when 
compared to the large cities in other parts of the country, the 
tax-payers of Columbus have cause for heart} - congratu- 
lation. 



MANUFACTURES. 

The location of Columbus in such close proximity to the 
rich coal and iron fields of Ohio, with its unsurpassable rail- 
way and market facilities, establish for the city a great manu- 
facturing center. With the increase of transportation fa- 
cilities, manufactories have multiplied until the hum and the 
hammer of busy machinery on all sides send out a continual 
sound of increasing prosperity and wealth. The following 
table w ill give some idea of the manufacturing interests, al- 
though by no means being a full showing, as many establish- 



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[NTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 



mcnts manufacture a multiplicity of articles, which cannot be 
well set forth in a limited space : 



MAM FACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS. 





NO. 




Ni 1. 


Agricultural implements 


3 


Iron foundries . 


13 


Artificial stone . 


i 


Iron pipe . 


1 


Asphalt and stone paving 


1 


Lime . 


1 


Awnings 


2 


Machinists 


14 


Axle skeins 


I 


Malleable iron . 


2 


Blank books 


3 


Marble works 


10 


Boilers 


5 


Military goods and regalia 


1 


Bolts and nuts . 


i 


Oils 


6 


Boxes 


2 


Paints 


1 


Brass goods 


8 


Planing mills 


10 


Brewers 


3 


Plows 


3 


Bricks 


20 


Printing and publishing 


20 


Brooms 


5 


Pumps 


7 


Brushes 


3 


Road scrapers 


1 


Buggy seats 


4 


Roller mills 


1 


Candles 


2 


Rubber stamps and seals 


2 


Candy 


3 


Saws . 


2 


Carriages and materials 


18 


Sewer pipe 


2 


Casters (furniture) 


i 


Shoes 


2 


Chain belting . 


i 


Starch 


1 


Children's carriages . 


i 


Steam engines . 


5 


Coffins 


i 


Steel sinks 


1 


Coffee and spice mills. 


3 


Tanneries 


4 


Crackers and bakery products 


40 


Tin, copper and sheet-iron ware 


25 


Drain tile . 


3 


Tools . 


3 


Drugs 


2 


Trunks, etc. 


2 


biles 


3 


Vinegar 


2 


Fire-brick and clay 


3 


Violins 


1 


Flour mills 


7 


Warm air furnaces 


2 


Furniture, chairs and tables 


6 


Wagons 


3 2 


Galvanized iron works 


12 


Wheelbarrow and trucks , 


1 


Hames 


1 


Watches 


1 


Hay tools . 


1 


Window curtain cornices . 


2 


Hinges 


1 


Window glass 


1 


Hollow-ware 


4 


Wire fences 


1 



In almost every line of manufacture a gradual increase 
has been noticeable from year to year. Some of the firms 
who to-day are giving work to scores of employes, were, not 



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14 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

many months hack, employing but a handful of workmen, so 
to speak. The trade of some of the manufacturers extends 
to foreign countries, which trade is gradually growing and 
increasing in importance. Manufacturers looking toward 
Columbus for a desirable sight for their industrial enter- 
prises, must bear in mind that the chief merit of the selection 
does not rest in securing an unoccupied field with the cer- 
tainty of fair immediate returns, but is due to the cheapness 
of raw materials, and to the opportunity to develop capacity 
and production in the line operated, in proportion to the un- 
limited extent of this broad land, which can be so readily 
reached direct through our admirable railroad facilities. 

The trade conditions of Columbus, at this time, are so 
flourishing as to offer strong inducements to all classes of 
manufactures. The neighboring hills are so rich with coal 
and iron ore, and freights are so well tempered to the advan- 
tage of all our shippers, that this point is bound to become 
one of the most important manufacturing points in the land. 

WHOLESALE TRADE. 

The great railway system has developed an extensive 
country which draws upon Columbus for its supplies, creating 
a jobbing trade of vast proportions. Hundreds of thousands 
of dollars are invested in the wholesale business, the follow- 
ing being the most prominent houses : 

EXCLUSIVE WHOLESALE HOUSES. 

Groceries, - - 5 Boots and shoes - 4 

Dry goods and notions 

Drugs 

Notions 



3 


Clothing 


- 


2 


Leather 




2 


( undy 


- 


ZHOLESAl 1 . 


Willi RETAIL. 




8 


( train 




4 


Saddlery har< 


(ware 


4 


Oil 




3 


M illinery 


- 


3 


\\ ines and li< 


juors 



Hardware 8 ('.rain 6 

Furniture 

Queensware 4 Oil 6 

Hats and cap^ 

Candy - - } Wines and liquors - - 6 



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\6 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

In addition to these a large number of houses do a thriving 
wholesale and retail trade in cigars, tobaccos, paints, oils, 
paper, brooms, jewelry, lime, cement, etc., the aggregate 
wholesale trade reaching many millions of dollars yearly. 

General solidity marks the character of the wholesale 
houses, the trade being noted for its conservatism, business 
being conducted on the soundest known principles. The ex- 
cellent facilities for the distribution of merchandise in every 
direction, makes this a most desirable point for the jobber. 
No city can be found more favorably located or possessing 
greater advantages as a commercial center, to which goods 
can be shipped from the manufacturer and the sea board, and 
from which the retailer and consumer can be served in the 
field where patronage is sought. The great coal sections of 
Ohio create a demand which Columbus is admirably situated 
to supply. Direct railroad connection and quick transit en- 
able the retailer to buy only such goods as are needed, turn 
his stock more frequently, and thus avoid over-stock and de- 
preciation in the value of goods. The wholesale dealers of 
Columbus are live, spirited, pushing people, commanding am- 
ple capital and enjoying most excellent credit. 



THE RETAIL TRADE. 

All branches of business, common to a live, progressive 
mercantile and manufacturing point, are represented in the 
retail trade of Columbus, in a manner eminently worthy of 
the great attractions which have drawn them here. Whether 
in the amount of stock carried, the character of the goods, or 
the variety constantly kept on hand, no city in the country of 
equal size, surpasses Columbus. The gradual growth of the 
city causes an increase in the retail trade, and consequently 
brings prosperity to the retailers. As a whole, the retail 
merchants are among the live, energetic business men of the 
city. Not only are they enterprising in their own lines, 
but manifest the most creditable public spirit in energetically 



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seconding every movement designed to advance the general 
interests and welfare of the city at large. Real, live business 
men will find Columbus second to no city in the Union, as a 
point for the opening of the retail trade in almost any known 
line of business. The fact that general prosperity crowns the 
efforts of all the retailers, is sufficient to warrant the statement 
that no branch of business is overdone. No city in the country 
presents a cleaner record as regards failures, than this city. An 
examination of the mercantile reports will satisfy any inquir- 
ing person of the reliability and stability of our business men 
generally, conspicuous by their greater numbers, being the re- 
tailers. The city is rapidly increasing in population and 
wealth, which naturally adds impetus to the already thriving 
retail trade, and presents decided attractions for capital desir- 
ing a safe investment. 

COAL, IRON AND LUMBER. 

The great demand here for fuel and building materials is 
not only fully met, by the extensive coal and lumber interests 
centered in Columbus, but the jobbing trade extends out in 
all directions. The owners and operators of the unlimited 
coal mines in Hocking, Athens, Perry and adjoining counties, 
are in a large degree located here, and the coal trade reaches 
mammoth proportions. No better coal is mined than that 
supplied to the Columbus market, and the cost is surpassing 
reasonable when compared with many other cities. Coal is 
retailed in Columbus at $2.25 and $2.50 per ton, delivered, 
and manufacturers buying in large lots obtain much lower fig- 
ures. The cheapness of fuel and the abundance thereof, can- 
not be overestimated by the manufacturer, into the success 
of whose business this one item so prominently enters. 

The amount of capital centered in Columbus, invested in 
the coal, iron and lumber business reaches many millions of 
dollars. The vast resources of the Hocking Valley coal re- 
gions, controlled by Columbus capital, makes the great coal 
and iron interest there really a part of the legitimate trade of 



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PIONEER BLOCK. 



20 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

the city. The dissensions between the operators and the em- 
ployes, which have existed during the greater portion of the 
year 1884, in this valley, have had a depressing effect on the 
output of coal and the manufacture of iron, but as this is only 
a temporary trouble, the full capacity of the interest is looked 
for during 1885. During the year 1883, the Hocking Valley, 
the Ohio Central, the Baltimore & Ohio, and the Panhandle 
roads, the principal lines bringing coal to the Columbus mar- 
ket, transported the enormous quantity of 3,283,819 tons of 
coal, which was handled by the combined interest here. This 
industry has been growing year by year with the development 
of new territory by the railroad system entering here, and adds 
greatly to the wealth of Columbus, both in itself and through 
the influence it exerts with the manufacturing interests. The 
Baltimore & Ohio road brings coal from the Shawnee district, 
the Ohio Central from Perry and Athens counties, and the 
Panhandle road from Coshocton and vicinity. In addition to 
these, the Columbus & Eastern road has but recently been 
completed into a separate field in Perry county, from whence 
it is expected large quantities of rich coal will be brought to 
this market during the coming year. All these districts are 
represented by Columbus capital. 

In conjunction with the coal interests is that of iron, which 
Is destined to assume majestic proportions in the near future. 
A glance over the Hocking Valley region reveals fifteen ex- 
tensive furnaces with an annual capacity of at least 173,100 
tons of iron. In order to comprehend how much enters into 
this business, we have but to approximate the figures of the 
necessary ingredients of iron manufacture. To turn out the 
above amount of iron it will take 346, 200 tons of ore, 525,000 
tons of coal, and 360,000 tons of limestone, necessitating an 
outlay of about $1,650,000 for material. The labor, repairs, 
and incidentals necessary to the manufacture, call for an ad- 
ditional expenditure which increases the capital circulated by 
this interest hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the manu- 
facture of iron here, the greater portion of the ore used is 
native, it being estimated that about one quarter thereof is 



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22 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

Lake Superior ore. The coal and limestone are of native 
production, which prevents the outlay for the same going 
abroad. With a settlement of the questions invoked in the 
strike in the Hocking Valley, will come brighter days for the 
vast iron interest, when it is expected that every furnace will 
be put in operation, and the railroads centering here will be 
pushed to their full capacity in bringing out the production. 
The railway facilities for reaching the lumber districts of 
Michigan and the Lake region, have established for Colum- 
bus a prominent lumber market. Nine large and well estab- 
lished firms are engaged in the jobbing of lumber, some of 
them having extensive planing mills connected with their 
lumber yards. The great demand occasioned by the wonder- 
ful amount of building in progress during the last year, taxed 
every mill in the city to the utmost, and was a heavy draft 
on the immense stock of lumber carried and handled here. 
No interest in the city has experienced more universal pros- 
perity than the lumber trade, and the building outlook for the 
coming year warrants the prophecy that it will surpass all 
former years in the demand for lumber and building materials. 

BANKS. 

Columbus is well supplied with banking facilities, and the 
healthy condition of the banks is a matter of pride and 
satisfaction. These consist of four National banks and 
twelve incorporated or private banking houses, as follows : 

First National Bank, National Exchange Bank, 
Commercial National Bank, Fourth National Bank, 

Anderson & Co., Brooks, Butler & Co., 

Capital City Bank, Columbus Savings Bank, 

Citizens' Savings Bank, Hayden & Co., 

Deshler Bank, Miller, Donaldson & Co., 

Huntington & Co., Merchants & Manufacturers', 

Reinhard & Co., South End Bank. 

The National banks are officered and operated by able and 



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INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 



responsible business men, and the other banking institutions 
are controlled and backed up by safe, careful, conservative 
and responsible financiers. It is safe to say that no city on 
the continent, of this size, has better banking facilities 
founded upon a sounder basis. Their investments are all 
made upon the safest known securities, and depositors have 
every reason to rest assured that their money and their inter- 
ests are well protected. None of our banks are ever known 
to engage in any unsafe or uncertain speculative ventures. 
Never within the history of the city has there been a disas 
trous bank collapse or failure. In the threat panic of 1873, 
but two institutions temporarily closed their doors, no abso- 
lute losses occurring. 

The condition of the banks during the past year has been 
as follows : The total capital employed is about $2,000,000.00. 
The average deposits have been 54,500,000.00. The average 
of all notes discounted or purchased has been 83,445,000.00. 
The average amount of bonds and stocks on hand represent- 
ing assets has been $1,765,000.00. The average amount of 
cash on hand has been $895,000.00. 

The following is the clearing house statement for the year 
ending December 31, 1884: 



1884. CLEARINGS. 1NS4. 

January . ^?<577j°5 1 January 

February . 4,77_\X28 February 

March . 5,439,067 March 

April . . 6, 1 27,293 April 

May . 6,374,820 May 

June . . 5,830,720 June 

July . 6, 1^0,999 July 

August . 5,512,882 August . 

September . 6,207,408 September 

October . 6,048,265 October 

November . 5,445,147 November 

December . 6,190,376 December 



BALANCES PAID. 

$834,272 
821,268 
930,600 

• 977- 489 
906, 3 1 1 

. 761.485 
85 1,652 
818,737 

894,810 

• 991.477 
874,289 

904,055 



TOTAl , 



$69,626,856 



Total, 



Shi, 566,445 



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26 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 



REAL ESTATE INTERESTS. 

No safer nor more reliable data as to the increase in value 
of our real estate could be found than the returns of the valua- 
tions by the assessors to the county auditor, as it is a well 
known fact that the valuations for taxation of real estate are 
generally about two-thirds of the market value, and that these 
valuations made by the assessors are watched by the owners 
of the property, whose interests prompt them to keep the 
valuation down as low as possible ; that the returns of valua- 
tions are examined and equalized by a board of equalization, 
thus giving the most reliable and moderate valuations. From 
an examination of the books of the county auditor, it is found 
that the ground alone of the city of Columbus, exclusive of 
buildings, was appraised for taxation at the decennial 
appraisement in 1840, at $533,740, in 1880 at $14,771,874. 
These figures would give an increase on the appraisement 
of 1840, of between 64 and 65 per cent, per annum 
in value, but it must be remembered that the area of the 
city has been enlarged and the boundaries of the wards 
changed, so that the exact data was not accessible to the 
writer. However, making the very liberal estimate that 50 
per cent, of the area has been added since 1840, and that said 
area is worth $7,385,937, or one-half the amount of the total 
duplicate for 1880, the advance in value would still show the 
very liberal increase of between 31 and 32 per cent, per an- 
num, on the duplicate of 1840. These figures prove beyond 
a doubt that Columbus real estate has been very safe, and at 
the same time, very profitable. Not only the increase in value 
but the* activity of the real estate market can be demon- 
strated by official figures, as the county recorder is required by 
law to report to the Secretary of State, the transactions as 
shown by his books. From such official reports, it is found 
that the transfers of city property and consideration were as 
follows : 



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28 



INTERESTS AND KKSOIKCKS OF 



\ 1 \ R . 


hi EDS. 


CONSIDERA- 
TION. 


\ EAR. 


l-l EDS. 


CONSIDERA- 
1 [ON. 


I877 
I878 
1879 

iSSO 

[88i 


1,277 
1,340 
2, IO9 
1,918 
I,86l 


$2/343,195 

2,296,688 
3,048,070 
2,406,381 
1 , 860, 2 I 3 


[882 
I883 
[884 


1 , 866 
1 , 840 
1,863 


$3,116,869 
3,214,800 
3.934.750 




14,074 


V S22, 220,968 



From these official figures it will be seen that for the past 
eight years, the total number of deeds amounts to the large 
number of 14,074, and that the consideration reached the 
enormous sum of $22,220,968. Instances could be cited in 
which purchasers have made 44 per cent. — 56 per cent, and 
one of our prominent merchants showed profits of 70 per cent. 
per annum on the money invested. Just as surely and rap- 
idly as our city increases in population will value of our real 
estate increase. Real estate is the basis of security, and 
affords an exceedingly attractive investment because of its 
safety and profitableness. As the future of Columbus is 
bright, so the future of real estate here is bright. History 
will repeat itself and the very satisfactory increase in value 
from 1840 to 1880 may be duplicated in the next fort}' years. 

RAILWAY SYSTEM. 



Columbus has become a noted railway center. The growth 
of its railroad facilities the last few years has been something 
wonderful. A glance at the map in another part of this pub- 
lication, will give the reader some idea of the net-work of rail- 
roads which radiate to every point of the compass from this 
center, and adds so greatly to the importance of the city. 
fourteen different lines of railroad enter Columbus, and give 
it a prominence in regard to passenger and freight traffic, 
second to no other city. 

The trunk lines are represented by the great Pennsylvania 
system, operating the Panhandle route to Pittsburgh, the 



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30 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

Little Miami to Cincinnati, and the Chicago, St. Louis & 
Pittsburgh line to Chicago ; the Baltimore & Ohio with direct 
lines to Baltimore, Washington and Chicago ; the Cleveland, 
Columbus & Cincinnati road, connecting with the New York 
Central system at Cleveland. The other lines, while not of 
as great magnitude, reach out to rich fields and valuable 
points, drawing in great wealth, and opening up a most profit- 
able trade for the merchant and manufacturer. The railroad 
interest centering in Columbus represents a business capital 
of nearly one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, divided 
among the following lines: 

THE PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS. 

This organization operates 1,523 miles of railroad, which, 
with its many valuable feeders, carries a large traffic to and 
through Columbus. The offices of the general manager and 
other general officers are located here, and many of the gen- 
tlemen connected therewith have become our most enter- 
prising and valuable citizens. Extensive shops of this com- 
pany are in operation here, and additions thereto are in pro- 
cess of erection, which give employment to a large force of 
skilled workmen. This road employs on its main line and 
branches 11,433 employes, a large number of whom make 
their permanent home in Columbus, and add greatly to the 
city's population. The lines operated by this management 
entering Columbus, are the Panhandle road to Pittsburgh, the 
Little Miami to Cincinnati and the Chicago, St. Louis & Pitts- 
burgh road to Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis, being por- 
tions of the great Pennsylvania route from east to west. 

THE BALTIMORE & OHIO. 

This well-known trunk line from the seaboard to the great 
West, is a very important factor in the great railway system 
here. This line enters Ohio at Bellaire, and operates 621 
miles of road west of that point, reaching to Chicago. The 
offices and shops of the company at this point give employ- 



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ment to a large force of employes, who reside here and have 
become fixed citizens. The number of employes on the line 
west of the Ohio river is 4,281. 

CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI & INDIANAPOLIS. 

This railroad known as the " Bee Line," is one of the old- 
est roads entering Columbus. The first trains over the road 
from Cleveland, on the lake, ran into Columbus in February, 
185 1. This line has three main stems, so to speak, reaching 
out from Cleveland to Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. 
The total number of miles of line operated by this company is 
568. The total number of employes being 4,233, many of 
them being residents of Columbus. This line connects with 
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway, at Cleveland, 
being an outlet through Ohio for traffic over the New York 
Central road. Connection is also made with the New York, 
Pennsylvania & Ohio road, forming a link with the great Erie 
route. 

INDIANA, BLOOMINGTON & WESTERN. 

The Indiana, Bloomington & Western railway company now 
operates 684 miles of line, and having leased the old Colum- 
bus & Springfield road, has become an earnest competitor for 
western traffic with other trunk lines, both as to freight and 
passengers. This company has a working force of 4,500 
people, and Columbus numbers many of these among her 
permanent citizens. The connections of this line through 
Indianapolis to St. Louis and other western points gives it a 
prominent position. The branch to Sandusky furnishes an 
outlet for lake traffic, and works to the advantage of large 
shippers. Through connection is also made to Cincinnati 
and points south, via the Bee Line road. 

COLUMBUS, HOCKING VALLEY & TOLEDO. 

This company now operates the three lines known as the 
Columbus & Hocking Valley, the Columbus & Toledo and 



32 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

the Ohio & West Virginia railroads. The former extends 
through the rich coal regions of the Hocking Valley to 
Athens on the south, with branches to the various coal fields, 
and is one of the most valuable lines entering Columbus. 
The Columbus & Toledo road reaches out to Toledo, on lake 
Erie, and furnishes an excellent outlet for lake freights, as 
well as to Canada and the West. The Ohio & West Virginia 
line extends to the city of Pomeroy, on the Ohio river, and 
reaches valuable coal and iron fields in southern Ohio. This 
company operates 309 miles of railroad in the State of Ohio, 
all their territory reached being of benefit to the Columbus 
trade. The general offices of the road are located in Colum- 
bus, and the officers are generally fixed citizens, firmly iden- 
tified with the welfare of the city. Total number of employes, 
1,939, the majority of whom can safely be set down as resi- 
dents of Columbus. 

OHIO CENTRAL. 

This company operates 265 miles of road in Ohio, extending 
from Columbus to the coal fields of Perry county, and south 
to Athens and Middleport, on the Ohio river, and to Toledo 
on the north. It runs through a rich territory and furnishes 
a growing trade to Columbus. Out of the 1,500 employes on 
this line, a large number reside in Columbus. 

SCIOTO VALLEY. 

The Scioto Valley railway company operates 131 miles of 
road, running from Columbus through Circleville and Chilli- 
cothe to Ashland, Kentucky, where connection is made with 
the Chesapeake & Ohio road to the seaboard. With its eastern 
connection this road has assumed considerable importance, as 
representing a through route to the East. Its course in Ohio 
is through one of the most fertile valleys of the West, and 
brings to Columbus an extensive trade. The headquarters of 
the road and general offices are located here. Over 500 per- 



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sons are employed on this line, most of whom reside in 
Columbus. 

CLEVELAND MT. VERNON & DELAWARE. 

This road runs from Columbus to Hudson, Ohio, a distance 
of 145 miles, at which point it connects with the Cleveland & 
Pittsburgh railroad, over which its cars run into Cleveland. 
It passes through a fertile and rich country and furnishes addi- 
tional outlet for lake traffic, and eastern travel and freight, 
through connections at Cleveland. It is noted for the beau- 
tiful scenery along its route through the counties of Knox, 
Summit, Holmes and Cuyahoga. Employment is given to 
482 persons on this road. This city being the principal point 
on the line claims many of the employes as her citizens. 

COLUMBUS & EASTERN. 

This line can be claimed as a project by Columbus capi- 
talists, to develop the vast resources of Perry county and con- 
tiguous territory, the hills of which abound in wealth of coal, 
iron, lime and sandstone, and its valleys being rich with agri- 
cultural products. The proposed line is from Columbus to 
Marietta, on the Ohio river, a distance of 120 miles. It is 
now in operation to the coal fields of Perry county, a distance 
of 65 miles. The headquarters of the road are at this point, 
where the general officers and most of the 200 employes of the 
road reside. 

COLUMBUS & CINCINNATI MIDLAND. 

The Midland railway is another result of the enterprise and 
push of business men of Columbus. It is the most recent 
addition to the railway system of the capital city of Ohio, 
and bids fair to become a most important factor to the busi- 
ness interests of the city. The opening of this route in 
November of last year (1884), furnished the third direct line 
from Columbus to Cincinnati. The road runs through the 



}4 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

counties of Franklin, Madison, Fayette and Clinton, to Clin- 
ton Valley, where it strikes the Marietta & Cincinnati road", 
now operated by the Baltimore & Ohio company, over which 
road its trains enter Cincinnati. This road will be run in con- 
nection with the Baltimore & Ohio system, and will furnish an 
outlet for that road to the south and south west. It opens up 
to Columbus some of the most valuable territory in ( )hio, and 
brings in a large local trade heretofore unable to reach this 
point. Some of the most extensive stock raising farms in 
Ohio are adjacent to the line of this road, and trade in this 
connection will be very extensive. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. 

In perfect keeping with the growth and advancement of 
Columbus, have been the advantages of school education. 
Up to 1825 there was no school building bearing the name 
of school house, in the city. With one exception the schools 
were held in rented rooms from 1826 to 1845. Now the 
large, handsome and complete school buildings, owned by 
the city and in charge of the board of education, are proud 
monuments of the wise provision made for the advancement 
and betterment of coming generations. 

The following buildings are now owned by the city : High 
School, Sullivant, Douglas, Garfield, Spring, Bark, Rich, 
Mound, German Grammar, Central German, Fulton, Third, 
New, Front, Fieser, First .Avenue, Second Avenue, North 
wood, East Friend, Franklinton, North Columbus, Mt. Airy, 
Montgomery, and a lot on Fair a\enue. The estimated value 
of the lots is £225,200; buildings 8365,000; furniture and 
libraries, $46,284; making a total valuation of 5836,484. 
These buildings have a seating capacity for about 8,400 pupils. 
All the huge buildings are heated by steam, and furnished 
with seats and desks of the most modern and approved pat- 
terns. The black boards art' made of solid slate. The board 
has supplied the teachers with apparatus, maps, charts, ency- 



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36 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

clopedias, and dictionaries. There is, perhaps, no city in the 
county provided with better facilities for the education of her 
youth. 

The following will exhibit the growth of the public schools 
from 1874 to 1884, inclusive: 

ENROLLED. ENROLLED. 

1874 - 6,540 I88O 7.79 2 

1875 6,56l l88l 8,OI4 

1876 6,797 1882 8,433 

1877 7,111 1883 8,821 

1878 - - 7,316 1884 - - 9,439 

1879 7.409 

Increase during the last eleven years, 2,899. 

The number of persons now engaged in the work of instruc- 
tion, including superintendent, special teachers, principals, 
and teachers, is 200. 

Other persons employed by the board including the clerk, 
superintendent of building, librarians and janitors, number 
32. Whole number on the pay-roll of the board is 232. 

The schools are organized under three departments, viz.: 
Primary, Grammar and High School. Each department em- 
braces a course of study of four years, and the branches of 
study -are, orthography, reading, penmanship, language les- 
sons and grammar, political and physical geography, arith- 
metic, music, drawing, United States History, algebra, Eng- 
lish, Latin, German, geometry, general history, physiology, 
trigonometry, chemistry, rhetoric, botany, physics, astron- 
omy and English literature. Exercises in declamation and 
composition are required. A course of lectures is given in 
political economy. Many prominent business men of the city 
have obtained their whole education in the public schools. 

One year ago a Normal department was added to the sys- 
tem of schools, for the purpose of preparing graduates of the 
High school for the profession of teaching. The course of 
study requires one year to complete it, and consists of the 
study of the theory, philosophy and history of education, and 



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practice in the school room, under the supervision and train- 
ing of a critic teacher. This gives the people the assurance of 
well qualified teachers. 

Every step forward the board has taken, has been in the 
direction of progress and the enlightened culture of the age. 
The system as it now exists is efficient, and is exerting-* a pow- 
erful influence for good. The schools are so thoroughly 
organized, the course of study so extensive, and the accommo- 
dations so ample, that in no other city in the whole country 
are the advantages for the education of youth superior to 
those offered to people who wish to make a permanent home- 
in the beautiful and prosperous city of Columbus. 

COLLEGES, PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. 

The Ohio State University, founded on the congressional 
land grant of 1862, has assumed goodly proportions and is 
last becoming prominent among the educational institutions 
of the country. The total value of endowment and property 
at the present time exceeds one million of dollars. The chief 
object of the institution is specifically defined by the act of 
congress, on which its endowment is based, to be "liberal 
and practical education of the industrial classes, in the several 
pursuits and professions of life," while the inclusion of other 
scientific and classical studies, and of military tactics is ex- 
pressly provided lor. The leading industries of the State — 
agriculture, mechanics, mining and engineering — have each a 
separate department and a special course: of stud}- provided, 
while the sciences that underlie these arts form special depart- 
ments, and are taught by extended course's in well equipped 
laboratories. The University grounds and buildings are situa- 
ted within the- corporate limits of the city, three miles north 
of the- eapitol. For admission to the preparatory depart- 
ment, students must pass a satisfactory examination in the 
branches taught in the common schools, viz.: orthography, 
writing, grammar, geography, arithmetic, and algebra through 
simple quotations. The preparatory department as now con- 



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40 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OE 

stituted, agrees very well with the course of instruction in the 
better grade of High schools of the State. Students must 
sustain examination in the studies of this department, to be 
admitted to the Freshman class of any course. The University 
is open to students of both sexes, but there are no buildings 
provided for the residence of young ladies on the college 
grounds. 

Capital University, under the control of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church as represented by the joint synod of Ohio, 
is a prosperous institution of learning, and possesses a fine 
college building, boarding hall, church, residences for the 
faculty, and several acres of ground under improvement. It 
is located just east of the corporation, about three miles from 
the State house. The course of study is divided into the 
preparatory or grammar school, the collegiate and Theological 
departments. 

Two business or commercial colleges are flourishing in 
Columbus, one having about 200 and the other 100 pupils. 
Both of these institutions aim to give their pupils a thorough 
business training, together with telegraphy, short hand, and 
other specialties as may be desired. Night sessions are 
held for the benefit of young men having situations which 
keep them busy during the day. 

Two medical colleges flourish here, and send out into the 
world well equipped doctors of medicine every year. Star- 
ling Medical College was founded in 1847, through the munifi- 
cence of Lyne Starling, who bequeathed thirty-five thousand 
dollars for the foundation of a medical college. A lot was 
purchased on the corner of Sixth and State streets, and a suita- 
ble building erected for a medical college and a hospital. 
The hospital was subsequently leased to the Sisters of St. 
Francis, under whose auspices 150 beds are maintained 
for the care of the sick. The faculty of the college at- 
tend upon the patients in the hospital, through which source 
students have increased facilities for instruction in professional 
practice at the bed-side. The faculty is composed of well known 
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Dean of the faculty, Columbus Medical College was organ- 
ized in [875, with an extensive corps of instructors, many of 
whom are- still members of the faculty. The college building 
is on East Long street, near Fourth, and was especially de- 
signed and constructed to meet the demands of a medical 
school. A hospital is one of the prospective additions to this 
college, a liberal gift toward the same being already in the col 
lege treasury. Dr. D. X. Kinsman is Dean of the faculty, which 
is composed of eminent physicians and specialists located 
in Columbus and central Ohio. 

A large number of Catholic parochial schools are supported 
here, through which the youth of Catholic parentage receive 
their education. They are as follows : Columbus Catholic 
College, North High street ; St. Patrick's Parochial schools, 
North Seventh street ; Holy Cross schools, corner of Rich and 
Fifth streets; St. Marx's schools, South Third street ; Sacred 
Heart schools, East First avenue ; Hoi)- Family schools, West 
Broad street; St. Mary's of the Springs Academy, east of 
the city ; St. Joseph's Academy, East Rich street ; St. Vin- 
cent's Orphan Asylum, East Main street, and St. Joseph's 
Orphan's Home, on East Main street. At the last named 
the boys are not only educated, but are taught trades, among 
them being wood-carving and printing. 

The Columbus Art School was organized in 1879, for the 
purpose of providing the best art instruction in a wide range 
of studies to students of either sex, and of all ages. The 
school provides thirteen classes, and a broad and compre 
hensive course of stud}- for each, under a competent 
board of instructors. The school year is divided into three 
terms, as follows : ( )ctober sixth to Christmas ; January fifth to 
April first; April sixteenth to June sixth; pupils being al 
low I'd to enter at any time. The school depends for its support 
on the receipts from regular and honorary membership fees, 
tuitions, donations and bequests. The total number of 
students in attendance last year was 190; the ladies num- 
bering 1 55. The total number of students in attendance since 
the opening of the school in 1879 is 1,264. The majority of 



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44 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

these have been from Columbus, but sonic have come to the 
city expressly to attend the school. Cincinnati is the only 
city between Pittsburgh and Chicago, which provides equal 
facilities with Columbus, for art study. 

Two Select Schools and two Kindergartens are well sus- 
tained here, and supply demands in their different quarters. 



NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS. 

The multiplicity of publications printed and distributed 
from Columbus, goes far toward showing the enterprising 
spirit of its people. Three daily papers are published and 
are of general circulation through surrounding counties within 
a radius of nearly one hundred miles. The Ohio State Journal, 
one of the oldest publications in the state, is the morning 
daily, and is zealous in presenting the local news of the day, 
and the general news from abroad as furnished by the associ- 
ated press reports and numerous correspondents. It is repub- 
lican in politics. The Dispatckzxid Tzmesvie with each other 
in filling the field of evening journalism. The former is inde- 
pendent in politics and has a large circulation, selling at three 
cents a copy. It is also furnished with full telegraphic reports 
by the associated press. The Times is the democratic daily 
of the city, and is very enterprising in gathering and dissemi- 
nating the day's doings. It also sells for three cents a copy, 
and like the other dailies has a large circulation both in 
the city and in the surrounding country. 

There are nineteen weekly papers published here, dissemi- 
nating valuable intelligence on questions of law, literature, 
theology and news generally. Three of these, the News, 
Capital, and Herald, are published on Sunday morning, and fur- 
nish the Sunday readers with a full supply of occurring events. 
Two weekly and one semi-weekly German papers are pub- 
lished and have a large circulation through this and many of 
the western states. There are fourteen monthly publications, 
one semi-monthly, one bi-monthly, and one quarterly, de- 



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4'> INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

voted to Masonry, Odd Fellowship, Knights of Pythias and 
other societies, as well as educational and literary matters 
generally, the total number of publications amounting to 
fort}- two. 

PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 

The free library and reading-room provided by the city is 
one of the best appreciated and most beneficial institutions 
in the city. In addition to the provisions made by the city 
for carrying on the library, several liberal citizens have 
established alcoves therein, to which they keep adding val- 
uable books continually. The rooms are located in the city 
hall building, and are very convenient for the visitors and 
applicants for books. The last annual report of the libra- 
rian shows the number of books in the library to be 16,014, 
of which 1,001 are German and 84 French. Books are- 
issued to applicants who come endorsed by well-known and 
responsible citizens, and become properly enrolled in the 
register of patrons. This list contains nearly 12,000 names at 
this time. The reading-room is free to all, and is supplied 
with 24 daily papers, 37 weeklies, 1 semi-weekly and 16 
magazines. 

The State library in the capitol building is provided by 
the State, and is open to the public, but only certain persons 
mentioned in the statute controlling the same are allowed to 
take books therefrom. Some rare and valuable books are 
found here, and students, scholars and those engaged in 
research find this a valuable acquisition to their private 
libraries. This library now contains over 51,000 volumes, 
and additions are continually being made thereto. 

The State law library, connected with the supreme 
court, is found to be of great service to the legal fraternity, 
which has assumed very extensive proportions in this city. 
The law library contains over 0,300 volumes of rich and 
useful law books, and is considered as complete a working 
library for the legal profession as can be found anywhere. 



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48 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

Lawyers are given free access to the use of books here, 
but only allowed to take books away from the room on 
extraordinary occasions. 



CHURCHES. 

The numerous churches in Columbus embrace all well- 
known denominations and societies, and arc in a flourishing 
condition. The church buildings are so located as to be 
convenient to all parts of the city, and to cover the entire 
population, rich and poor, with the benign influence growing 
out of the organizations. In most of the churches well organ- 
ized societies for christian work among the poor, and for the 
purpose of extending a hospitable hand to strangers, exert a 
great influence for good. Several of the congregations are 
this year building new edifices to accommodate the demands 
of their growing membership. 

The following is a list of the church organizations, all of 
which possess comfortable buildings for holding services, 
many of them being among the finest and most imposing 
structures in the city : 

Baptist (2 colored) - - - 4 Lutheran - - - - - 6 

Beulah Land Bethel (Independent) 1 Methodist Episcopal - - 10 

Catholic 6 Methodist " (African) 1 

Congregational (1 Welsh) - - 6 Methodist (German) - - 1 

Disciples of Christ - - 1 Presbyterian (1 Welsh) - 5 

Evangelical associations - - 2 Protestant Episcopal - - 3 

Friends' Church 1 United Brethren - - 1 

Independent Protestant (German) 1 Universalist - - 1 

Jewish Synagogue - - 1 



STATE INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

The State of Ohio has a world-wide reputation for her 
public and benevolent institutions, and owing to the central 
and convenient location of Columbus, a large number of 
these are located here, which, with the capitol and city 



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50 [NTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

and county buildings erected here, have made Columbus 
famous for public buildings. 

STATE HOUSE. 

Standing on an elevated piece of ground, in the cen- 
tral part of the city, is the capitol building, visible 
above all the other buildings from every point on en- 
tering the city. It is one of the most imposing struc- 
tures in the country. It is Doric in style of architec- 
ture, and standing in the center of a ten-acre piece oj 
land, is a grand and attractive edifice. It covers about two 
acres of the land, and is of fine proportions. The corner- 
stone was laid July 4, 1839, Dut owing to delays the build- 
ing was not finished until 1861. The cost of the building 
when completed was $1,359, I21 - The structure is 344 by 184 
feet, with a heighth of 159 feet to the pinnacle of the dome. 
The first floor, containing twenty-eight rooms, is occupied by 
the governor and other state officers. The second floor con- 
tains the chambers of the senate and house, the supreme 
court room, consultation room for the judges, the law 
library, the clerk's office, the State library, and the rooms 
of the clerks of the two houses of the assembly. Part of 
the building contains a third floor, occupied by the flag- 
room, and rooms for committees, etc. This building is 
always a great attraction, especially the rotunda, which 
contains fine oil portraits of all of Ohio's governors and other 
works of art. 

ASYLUM FOR INSANE. 

The Central Asylum for the Insane — being one of six within 
the State — is the largest building of the kind in the world. It 
is situated two miles west of the State house, but a short dis- 
tance outside the city limits. The grounds surrounding it are 
beautiful and extensive, containing 300 acres, which are 
under cultivation and improvement. The asylum is a 
small corporation within itself, possessing gas works, water 
works, ice houses, engine rooms, drug store, laundry, and 



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52 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

everything necessary for the convenience and comfort of the 
large number of unfortunate people being cared for here. 
The size of the building can be imagined from the statement 
that it is a mile and a quarter in circumference. The interior 
contains more than 1,000 rooms, and the same are fur- 
nished in elegant manner, with elevators, steam heaters, 
wide halls, etc. The chapel and amusement hall are beauti- 
fully finished, and services are held and amusements given for 
the edification and entertainment of the inmates. This insti- 
tution contains nearly 1,000 patients, who arc cared for 
by the superintendent and a faithful staff of competent 
physicians and capable attendants. The whole number of 
people employed here is about 175. 

INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE-MINDED YOUTH. 

On a valuable piece of property just south of the asylum 
for the insane is the State institution for feeble-minded youth. 
Several fine buildings are erected here, and accommodations 
are ample for the care of 600 patients or pupils. A 
superintendent of life-long experience and twenty-four com- 
petent teachers are engaged in educating the youth here, and 
it is wonderful to observe the success that crowns their efforts. 
The grounds contain 100 acres, mostly under a high state 
of improvement. 

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. 

One of the handsomest and most imposing structures in 
the city is that of the institution for the education of the 
blind, situated on the corner of Main street and Parsons ave- 
nue, in the south-eastern part of the city. It is of old English 
architecture, and built of stone and iron. It will well accom- 
modate 300 pupils. Every means within the power of 
the State, is here employed to aid in educating the sight- 
less, and to administer to their comfort and happiness. They 
are taught man>' useful arts and trades, and many of them are 
sent out with a high musical education. Highly educated offi- 



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54 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

cers and teachers arc employed to give every attention to the 
man} - pupils constantly under their care, over 1,000 having 
been admitted since the erection of the building, and 
over 200 being there now. The grounds here contain nine 
acres, handsomely improved and laid out. 

INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. 

Situated on Town street, almost in the very heart of the city, 
is the State institution for the care and education of the deaf 
and dumb. The buildings here are several in number, covering 
in the aggregate over four acres of ground. The main build- 
ing, with dormitories for the pupils, rooms of the officers, 
amusement room, library, etc., is a handsome structure over 
200 feet long. The grounds are very spacious, taken up with 
lawns, conservatory, fountain, rockery, and a large space for 
games and athletic sports. Nearly 500 pupils were here 
last year, nearly 2,000 having had advantage of the 
facilities offered here, since the opening of the building in 
1868. The education of the deaf mutes consists of common 
school branches, together with printing, shoe-making, and 
book-binding. 

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 

Located on a beautiful farm of 300 acres in the north-west- 
ern portion of the city, and about three miles from the capitol, 
is the Ohio State University, which has fast been assuming 
eminent proportions among the leading educational institu- 
tions of the country. Being sustained by the proceeds of a 
United States Government grant, the terms to pupils are 
fixed at the nominal sum of $15 per year, with $5 additional 
for incidentals. The building is large and well adapted for 
the purposes of education. There are fourteen professorships 
and the number of students is nearly 300. 

OHIO PENITENTIARY. 

No institution in Columbus is surrounded with greater inter- 
est than the penitentiary, the only States prison in Ohio. 



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Nearly i.Soo convicts have been confined here at one 
time, the average number for. 1X84 being about 1,350. 
The buildings here are of mammoth proportions. Twenty- 
five acres of land are enclosed by a stone wall thirty feet high, 
and filled with work-shops and manufactories of every descrip- 
tion. Gas works are operated here by the State from which 
all the State buildings excepting the asylum for the insane, 
are supplied. For man)- years the labor of the convicts was 
let out to manufacturers who had works within the prison 
walls. During the last session of the legislature the laws were 
amended, doing away with the letting of convict labor, and 
hereafter the State will work the convicts. Visitors are admit- 
ted within the walls and escorted through the principal build- 
ings, by courteous conductors. The prison is but three 
squares from High street, and but a few minutes walk from 
the State house. 



CITY HALL. 

The building containing the city offices, is located on State- 
street, immediately south of the State house. It is a mass- 
ive, solid stone and brick structure, built at a cost of $175,000. 
In addition to the city offices, public library, reading-room, 
and board of trade, the post-office has been accommodated 
here for the past ten years, but owing to the increased de- 
mand for additional space has just moved to other quarters. 
The third floor contains the city hall, being the largest hall in 
the city, where some of the most brilliant State and military 
gatherings in the history of the state have taken place. 



COUNTY CHILDREN'S HOME. 

One of the latest additions to the long list of benevolent 
institutions in and around Columbus, is the county home for 
children, established in [88 1. The count)' of Franklin pur- 
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two miles, and erected a substantial and attractive building 
of sufficient size to accommodate 200 children. Here is pro- 
vided a beautiful home for unfortunate children who become 
homeless, or who are found in the hands of parents who can 
not or do not give them proper care. There are now at this 
home 160 children, who receive the kindest care and attention. 
Many children have been provided with permanent homes 
from this institution, which, in the short time it has been in 
operation has worked much good. 

FRANKLIN COUNTY INFIRMARY. 

A little more than a year ago, Franklin county completed 
a new infirmary building, located on a beautiful farm three 
miles south-east of the city, where the county poor are cared 
for. The infirmary is in charge of a board of directors, who 
aim to make as comfortable as possible the unfortunate poor 
who are unable to procure work, or unable to perform the 
same. In connection therewith is a department for the care 
of epileptics, and incurable insane. 



UNION DEPOT. 

The passenger trains of all the railroads centering here 
enter the Union depot, which is located on North High 
street, about six squares from the State house. This build- 
ing is a magnificent depot, 600 feet in length and 292 feet in 
width. It was completed in 1874, at a cost of $280,000. 
Subsequent improvements, adding to its strength and con- 
venience, have increased the cost many thousands of dollars. 
Seven tracks run through the building, and the accommoda- 
tions for receiving and sending out trains is not surpassed 
anywhere. The dining-hall, lunch-room, waiting-rooms, 
ticket-office, baggage and express-rooms are models of ex- 
cellence in their different spheres, and administer greatly to 
the comfort and convenience of the traveling public. 



58 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

COURT HOUSE. 

A new county court house is now under process of erection 
on South High street, five squares from the capitol. A view 
of the proposed building is given in this work, from which 
the public can gather hopes of enjoying a palatial county 
building in the near future. The cost of this building is 
estimated at $500,000. The court-rooms and different 
county offices will possess all the latest improvements 
which enter into the perfect arrangement of such institu- 
tions. The building will be 258 feet in length, fronting on 
High street, with a width of 105 feet on Mound street. 
The three stories will contain six court rooms, besides ample 
accommodations for all the county officers. 



CITY PRISON. 

As a necessary concomitant to a growing and busy city, 
stands the extensive city prison on the river bank, at the 
foot of Town street, two squares from High street. This 
building was completed in 1 880, at a cost of $70,000, and is 
one of the best arranged institutions of the kind in the 
country. The mayor's court is held here, and the drill- 
room, dressing-room and hospital-room for the members of 
the police force arc on the third floor. The offices of the 
police board, superintendent and secretary are on the second 
floor, the cell-rooms being in the basement. The building is 
massive in its proportions, and can really be pronounced as 
burglar-proof. 

STARLING MEDICAL COLLEGE. 

One of the most striking buildings in the city is that 
of the Starling Medical College, on Kast State street, the 
major part of which is occupied by the St. Francis hos- 
pital, under the care of the Sisters of Charity. The building 
is of brick, profusely ornamented with cut stone, and in point 



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of architectural design is one of the handsomest here. Its 
length is 135 feet, with a height of 138 feet to the top of 
the highest tower. It was finished in 1850, and has been 
one of the most beneficial, to the public at large, of the 
man>- useful institutions in Columbus. 

SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 

Everywhere throughout the city stand the most superb 
monuments of the city's wisdom, in the shape of beautiful, 
commodious and solid buildings for the education of the 
youth of the city. Nearly all the buildings are new, and 
possess the most modern improvements known to the edu- 
cators of the land. It can be safely said that no means are 
spared to give the children of the present day the best ob- 
tainable facilities for fitting themselves out for the great 
battle of life, that they may become useful men and women 
in the future. 

CHURCHES. 

Columbus possesses some very costly and elegant church 
edifices, and several new ones are being built at this time. 
Trinity Episcopal, the Cathedral, First and Second Presby- 
terian, Broad street Methodist, Wesley Chapel, First Con- 
gregational, Third avenue Methodist, and St. Paul's Lu- 
theran are among the most prominent, and add greatly to 
the bcautv of the citv in their different localities. 



GOVERNMENT BUILDING. 

The United States government has now under process of 
erection a handsome stone building for the accommodation 
of the United States courts, post-office and other national 
officials. The building as now planned contemplates only 
two stories, but a bill for an additional appropriation to add 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 6 1 

a third story has passed the senate, and will no doubt pass 
the house during the present session of congress, having 
received the approval of the standing committee to which it 
was referred. Appropriations of a quarter of a million have 
thus far been made toward the erection of this building, and 
when finished it will be a credit and honor to the city. The 
government lot is situated on the south-east corner of 
capitol square, and is one of the finest building sites in the 
city. 



WATER WORKS. 

The city is blessed with an abundant supply of good healthy 
water, pumped from large wells of spring water, obtained 
through filtering galleries, from bountiful springs north-east 
of the city. The supply thus obtained is, in ordinary sea- 
sons, unlimited, but in very dry weather resort is sometimes 
made to the bed of the Olentangy river, which has its head 
among some vigorous springs in the north-western portion of 
the State, and not passing through any business towns is kept 
pure and devoid of unclean matter. The Holly system oper- 
ated by the city is in vogue, and the best possible results are 
obtained. Water rents as assessed by the city, are as reasona- 
ble as the service rendered will warrant. 

The pumping capacity of the machinery now in use is 
18,000,000 of gallons of water per diem. Over fifty- 
seven miles of cast iron distribution pipe, and fifteen miles of 
wrought iron service pipe is laid, carrying water to every sec- 
tion of the city. The number of fire hydrants in the city is 
448, located so as to give ample fire protection to all points 
in the corporation. The total amount expended toward this 
important part of the city's need, since March 1, 1870, is 
#1,255,815.97. The water works officials are continually ex- 
tending their service pipes, and are especially energetic in meet- 
ing the demands of manufacturing establishments locating 
outside the present radius of water supply. 



62 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 



FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

No city in the country of like dimensions, has a better 
equipped or more serviceable fire department than Columbus. 
The city has never been visited by any great conflagration, 
which is, in a large degree, owing to the prompt and efficient 
manner in which fires have been dealt with in their incipiency. 
The city authorities have always exercised commendable zeal 
in taking advantage of all new and improved machinery and 
adjuncts, which would increase the utility of this department 
of the public service. The Holly water is supplied through 
448 hydrants, and in remote localities not yet reached by the 
Holly system, large cisterns furnish sufficient water to deal 
with any ordinary fire. There are six hose houses with sta- 
bles attached, located judiciously through the city, and two 
more houses are in process of construction, to keep pace with 
the growth in the suburbs. The department is composed of 
thirty-eight men, who have charge of twenty horses, four four- 
wheeled two-horse hose-carriages ; two two-wheeled one-horse 
hose-carriages ; three two-tank champion chemical engines ; 
one first-class hook and ladder truck ; two steam fire engines, 
and over 10,000 feet of hose. The steam engines are only 
used at points not supplied with the Holly system. The fire- 
alarm telegraph has been in operation for many years, fifty- 
nine alarm boxes being distributed throughout the city. The 
following are the losses from fires for the past five years, to- 
gether with a statement of the insurance on property de- 
stroyed or damaged : 

LOSS. INSURANCE. 

1880 .... $33,121.51 $19,430.51 

1881 . . 30,024.57 257,434.00 

1882 .... 25,911.67 416,520.00 

1883 . . . 32,208.34 205,897.90 

1884 .... 90,697.77 360,584.00 



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64 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 



POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

The city expends nearly $50,000 a year in giving police 
protection to the lives and property of her citizens. The 
regular police force is composed of sixty men. In addition 
to this number, there are about thirty-four special police- 
men or watchmen employed by business men or citizens for 
certain districts, localities, corporations or manufactories, 
clothed with full police authority, but not a public charge. 
The scarcity of extensive burglaries is a sufficient proof of 
the efficiency of the force. The police patrol wagon, which 
was added to the department a year or two ago, has proved 
one of the most profitable investments ever made by the 
police board. This wagon stands in readiness day and 
night to respond to all calls of accident, arrest, fire or trouble 
of any nature. The same arrangements for speedy harness- 
ing of horses in use in the fire department has been adopted 
in this service, and the response in all cases is not only very 
admirable, but the result is most beneficial. Within the last 
year the patrol telegraph system has been adopted and put 
into use here, and, so far, seems to give good satisfaction. 
Twenty-five patrol stations have been established throughout 
the city, which enable patrolmen to send in electric calls for 
help, as well as to make frequent telephonic reports to head- 
quarters. The police department is under the control of a 
board of four police commissioners, elected by the people, 
the mayor of the city being ex-officio an additional member 
and president of the board. 



LIGHT. 

The city is well provided with light through the Columbus 
Gas Light and Coke Company, the Columbus Electric Light 
and Power Company, and an oil lamp company. The use of gas, 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 6$ 

of course, predominates, and is supplied in good quality to 
consumers at the low rate of $1.25 per thousand feet. Elec- 
tric lights are used by the hotels, opera houses and promi- 
nent business houses. The streets are lighted by gas, elec- 
tricity and oil. The numerous State institutions are lighted 
by gas manufactured at the Ohio penitentiary by convict 
labor, works of considerable size being carried on here by 
the State. 



STREET CAR FACILITIES. 

The Consolidated Street Railway Company, operating all 
the lines of street railroad in the city, excepting a single line 
west of the river, is one of the most enterprising corporations 
in Columbus. This company was organized in 1880 by some 
of the best known business men of the city, who took charge 
of the several fragments of street railroad and connected them 
under one management. With an energy characteristic of 
the gentlemen composing this company, the work of improv- 
ing and extending the usefulness of the street railway traffic 
was pushed with vigor, until to-day we have service and accom- 
modations unsurpassed by any city of this size in the country. 
Large sums of money have been expended in arriving at the 
present excellent condition of facilities in this regard. This 
company started out by bonding their road for $175,000, 
which sum was used in making a good beginning, and each 
year from $25,000 to $50,000 dollars has been added in the pur- 
chase of additional rolling stock, extending lines, and lay. 
ing double tracks until a safe estimate places the sum ex- 
pended by this company in their road, at over $300,000. 
Through lines from north to south and east to west, 
all traversing the main business center of the city reach 
every portion of the corporation. New lines are being 
pushed forward as the growth of the city and the de- 
mands of the people warrant the same. One only needs to 



66 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

look out over the streets laid with railroad track to become 
satisfied that this enterprise has done wonders to build up 
the city in the suburbs. All along the different lines the out- 
lying districts are thickly settled, and through the well regu- 
lated system of street car transportation, the inhabitants at 
all points are brought in close and speedy relation with the 
heart of the city. While this company has what we are 
pleased to term a monopoly of this branch of the public ser- 
vice, no advantage is taken thereof, but the lowest rates pre- 
vail, and the valuable service rendered, give the same a 
popularity which is bound to result in deserved success. 

This company gives employment to 127 men, and uses 320 
horses in its car service. The present rolling stock consists 
of eighty-three cars. The total length of track is eighteen 
miles. The aim of the company is to employ reliable men 
in its service, who will endeavor to serve the public well. 

A private company owns the line west of the river, which 
extends to the State asylum for the insane, the institution 
for feedle-minded youth and Green Lawn cemetery, three 
miles west of the capitol. This line not only accommodates 
the extensive travel to these points, but gives accommodation 
to the growing population west of the river, which in itself 
constitutes a city of no small proportions. 



POST-OFFICE STATISTICS. 

The increase of the post-office business from year to year 
is an excellent criterion in forming an estimate of the gen- 
eral development of the city, inasmuch as all the statistics 
are from official sources. The entire force engaged at the 
post-office, including postmaster and assistant, numbers forty- 
five men, twenty-three of them being the carriers, who deliver 
and collect the mail throughout the city. The following will 
give some idea of the scope of this work the past four years, 
the figures for LS84 not including December: 



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MISCELLANEOUS. 

There seems to be no end to the attractions and important 
institutions and societies in and around Columbus. Being 
geographically located in the center of the State, hundreds 
of State societies and public bodies meet here in convention 
year after year, and add greatly to the city's life and im- 
portance. 

OPERA HOUSES AND HALLS. 

There are two well-appointed opera houses in full opera 
tion, and through them the public is feasted with the stan- 
dard entertainments of the da}-. These houses — Comstock's 
opera house and the Grand opera house — together with the 
City hall and numerous public halls throughout the city, 
furnish ample accommodations to the* Various bodies which 
gather here continually. 

HOTELS. 

One of the necessary essentials to the comfort and well- 
being of the public is the hotel accommodations. In this 
respect Columbus has been growing and improving rapidly 
the past few years. The number of hotels here now reaches 
nearly thirty, some of them, of course, being of minor sig- 
nificance. The Neil house, Park hotel and the Exchange 
hotel are among the leading houses, and being located in 
different sections of the city, meet the demands of travelers 
and guests desiring first-class accommodations. 

OHIO STATE FAIR. 

The annual exhibit of Ohio's industries and farm and agri 
cultural productions is now a fixture at Columbus, and year 
after year the Ohio State fair, under the supervision of the 
State board of agriculture, holds forth here for one week 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



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J 2 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

every fall. From all portions of the country come manu- 
facturers, business men and farmers with their choicest 
manufactures, wares and farm products to make up a mag- 
nificent display, which attracts thousands of visitors from 
every county in Ohio, as well as from the border States. 
The State fair has been held for many years on the 
grounds of the county agricultural society. During the 
past year the State board of agriculture has purchased a 
large tract of land to the north of the city, and anticipate 
laying out model fair grounds and erecting extensive exhibi- 
tion buildings of a permanent character. 

UNITED STATES BARRACKS. 

The United States arsenal, established in Columbus in 
1863, was in 1875 fixed as a United States recruiting station, 
and named "The Columbus Barracks." The United States 
government owns nearly eighty acres of land in the north- 
eastern portion of the city, and the same having been 
improved and built upon, is one of the most attractive 
points in or about the city. This post is officered by a 
corps of half dozen U. S. officers, and recruiting for the 
regular army is constantly carried on. Recruits are for- 
warded from here to western and southern posts to keep 
up depleted regiments. The recruits and the regular com- 
missioned and non-commissioned officers, together with the 
famous band, formerly known as the "Newport Barracks 
Band," all under full army discipline, make this an interest- 
ing point, and the hospitality of the officers of the post 
attract hither many of our people and visitors, and add not 
a little zest and vim to the social life of the city. 

PUBLIC PARKS. 

The city has under cultivation two beautiful plats of ground 
set apart for the public use and recreation of the inhabitants 
of the city. The City park, in the southern part of the city, 
contains twenty-three and one-half acres, which has been 



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74 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

handsomely improved. The lake, with rustic bridges and 
diminutive islands, and the well-laid-out drives and walks, 
with hedges, shrubbery and flowers, go to make this a de- 
lightful resort for men, women and children. Goodale park, 
in the north western portion of the city, is larger than the 
City park, and contains forty-four acres. This, also, is kept 
in first class order, and attracts people from all over the city 
who are in search of fresh air and recreation. The lake here 
is provided with boats, which are greatly sought after by the 
young people. A growing collection of wild animals is one 
of the interesting features of this place, and in time it will, 
no doubt, become quite a menagerie. 

BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. 

The different secret societies in the city all extend a benevo- 
lent side to their membership and families, but there are a 
great man)- local societies devoted exclusively to beneficent 
objects. The Hare orphan's home, the Home of the friend- 
less, Hannah Neil mission, St. Francis hospital and the 
Franklin county children's home are among the most con- 
spicuous in their deeds of mercy in administering to the 
wants of suffering and afflicted humanity and caring for the 
unfortunate. There is no excuse, in this community, of any 
deserving poor going naked or hungry, for the multiplicity of 
church, society and public benevolent organizations will meet 
all the honest demands which are made upon them. St. Fran- 
cis hospital, in charge of the Sisters of Charity, is always open 
to the sick or injured, no matter what his or her religion or 
condition in life may have been. Among all the good done 
by the main' charitable institutions of Columbus, none have 
surpassed St. Francis in administering to the ills and wants 
of the poor and suffering. 

TELEPHONE. 

The Central Union Telephone Company, operating the Bell 
Telephone system, is established here, and nearly eight hun- 
dred boxes are located within the city. Besides this, lines 



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j6 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

connect Columbus with all the business towns within a radius 
of fifty miles, and connections have been made through to the 
Ohio river, over one hundred miles away. The telephone has 
become indispensable and its usefulness grows with the age. 
The rent for boxes here ranges from $45 to $60 per annum, 
unless lines are extended to the suburbs, when more is 
charged. 

TELEGRAPH. 

The Western Union, Baltimore & Ohio, and Merchants' 
Telegraph Companies operate lines here, and the competition 
among them gives life to the telegraph business and is the 
occasion of low rates. 

SIGNAL SERVICE. 

A United States Signal service station is located here, and 
the daily reports and predictions issued therefrom are a source 
of great benefit and satisfaction. Daily reports are posted in 
the Board of trade room and other conspicuous public places, 
and are objects of interest to a large portion of our people. 
The weather signals, indicating probabilities as arranged daily 
by the signal officer are very beneficial to the public, and 
much good results from the same. 

DRIVING PARK. 

The Franklin County Agricultural Society owns a magnifi- 
cent park at the eastern extremity of the city, in which is laid 
out one of the finest mile tracks to be found anywhere. The 
driving park association holds sessions here during the sum- 
mer months, and presents some of the best attractions in trot- 
ting, pacing, and running races, known to the turf. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. JJ 



NEW BUILDINGS AND BUILDING OUTLOOK. 

In order to keep pace with the steady and rapid growth of 
the city, the building interest has been pushed with wonder- 
ful vigor. The last report of the city clerk certifies that the 
number of new buildings erected during the year ending April 
i, 1884, was 1, 1 12, with a total estimated cost of $ 1, 1 15,052. 
The year ending April 1, 1885, will show a marked advance 
on these figures. Never before, in any one year, have so 
many large business blocks, fine residences and immense pub- 
lic buildings been under course of erection as during the year 
1884. The outlook for 1885 is most encouraging. Three 
elegant church edifices, the U. S. Government building, the 
new county court house, and numerous private buildings 
commenced in 1884 will make up an extensive building list 
which will be greatly augmented by proposed improvements 
in every part of the city. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. 
Louis Railway Company is building mommoth additions to 
their already large shops here, the whole, when completed, to 
cover eleven acres of ground, and to employ a force of about 
5,000 workmen. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- 
pany is also erecting extensive shops in the north-east- 
ern portion of the city which will also give employment to 
several hundred workmen. In addition to these, new manu- 
factures are being continually added to the city's industries, 
which call for more buildings. The Board of Trade is con- 
stantly in receipt of inquiries from manufacturers in all por- 
tions of this country, as well as England, who are seeking lo- 
cation here where the resources and facilities are not to be 
surpassed. During the past year, when cries of distress were 
heard from almost every city in the land, Columbus, aside 
from a local affection occasioned by a strike among the 
miners in the Hocking Valley, has experienced general pros- 
perity. The absence of fail'ures is the best evidence of the 



78 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 

staunchness of the mercantile, manufacturing and other in- 
dustries of Columbus, not a single one of any magnitude hav- 
ing occurred during the year 1S84. 



THE BOARD OF TRADE. 



The present Board of Trade was incorporated on the thir- 
tieth day of April, 1884, and held its first regular meeting 
in the board of trade room, city hall, on Tuesday, the first 
day of Jul\ r . The list of membership herewith published, con- 
tains the names of the solid and substantial business men and 
manufacturers of Columbus, who are associated together for 
mutual benefit and the advancement of local public interests. 
The members take great interest in all matters of public mo- 
ment, brought before them, and the outlook of the board 
for future usefulness is very flattering. Daily meetings are 
held from 1 1:30 to 12:30, and the association meets in regu- 
lar business meeting the first Tuesday evening in each month. 
The affairs of the board are in hands of a board of directors 
who meet in regular session the last Tuesday evening in each 
month, and hold special meetings as occasion demands. The 
annual dues to single members is $15.00; firms and corpora- 
tions, entitled to two representatives, $25.00. The directors 
pass upon all applications for membership. Below is ap- 
pended a list of the officers and standing committees, together 
with the full membership at this time, and the business and 
location of each : 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. Jg 



OFFICERS. 



PRESIDENT, 

W. Y. MILES. 



FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, 

THEODORE H. BUTLER. 



SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

C. D. FIRESTONE. 



TREASURER, 

WALTER CRAFTS. 



SECRETARY, 

CHARLES G. LORD. 



DIRECTORS. 

Carl N. Bancroft, George W. Lattimer, 

Walter Crafts, Henry C. Lonnis, 

P. W. CorzilIus, Theo. Rhoads, 

Edwin Kelton, E. E. Shedd, 

F. H. Kingsbury, Robert E; Sheldon. 



80 INTERESTS AND RESOURCES OF 



STANDING COMMITTEES, 1884. 



ARBITRATION. 

P. W. Huntington, James Ulrick, Geo. W. Sinks, 

J. A. Jeffrey, Charles E. Burr. 

APPEALS. 

E. L. Hinman, Geo. K. Nash. Henry Lindenberg, 

PRODUCE. 

Wm. M. Fisher, W. P. Schott, George Butler, 

Dennis Kelly, George Janton. 



E. McMillin, S. L. Johnson, A. N. Whiting, 

L. R. Doty, Geo. J. Hoster, E. A. Cole. 

J. M. McDowell, 

LUMBER. 

Frank Hickok, James Pleukharp, W. H. Ferguson, 

D. E. Phillips, A. Hildreth, R. O. Smith, 
W. A. Hershiser, C. C. Bellows, F. Schwan. 

GRAIN. 

Jas. P. McAlister, Conrad Born, Jr., E. W. Seeds, 

Jos. W. McCord, K. R. Woodrow, Frank Tallmadge, 

W. A. Hardest}-, Nicholas Schlee, E. A. Fitch. 

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 

Henry C. Taylor, H. M. Neil, Geo. M. Peters, 

E. K. Stewart, W. D. Brickell, Wm. Felton, 
James McCrea, N. B. Abbott, W. G. Deshler. 



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SIGNAL SERVICE. 

Geo. H. Twiss, George Cole, J. B. K. Connelly. 

RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION. 



W. H. Slade, 
R. M. Gilbert, 
John S. Morton, 



E. O. Jones, 
M. McDaniel, 
O. G. Peters. 



E. Denmead, 
H. D. Turney, 
W. W. Medary. 



FINANCE. 



W. G. Deshler, 
A. W. Green, 
W. G. Bowland, 



Theo. P. Gordon, David. W. Brooks, 
W. D. Park, W. H. Albery, 

W. S. Ide, S. S Rickly. 



E. O. Randall, 
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MEMBERSHIP. 



C. A. Bowe, Frank E. Hayden. 

W. R. Kinnear, 



STATISTICS. 



William Scarlett, Henry O'Kane, H. A. Lanman, 

L. T. Strader, A. L. Willson. 



LEGISLATION. 



James Watson, J. C. Briggs, S. K. Donavin, 

J. Gundersheimer, A. W. Thurman, James Kershaw, 
G. H. Stewart, John A. Kuster, James M. Westvvater. 



LOCAL MERCANTILE INTERESTS. 



James W. Meek, 
J. L. Bright, 
Joseph H. Dunn, 
Philip H. Bruck, 



J. F. Hatcher, Fred. Lazarus, 
Samuel Butler, Andrew Schwarz, 
T. J. Boyd, C. C. Criswold. 

Burns L. Maynard, 



BY-LAWS. 



John T. Gale, L. Hirsch, Geo. T. Spahr, 

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George Beck, 
Geo. J. Atkinson, 



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R. M. Rownd, 
James Nelson, 
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W. A. Mahony, 
A. D. Heffner. 



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T. Ewing Miller, 
VV. B. Hayden, 
Otway Watson, 



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A. G. Patton, 
R. E. Neil, 
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Owen Jones, 
F. M. Senter, 



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F. H. McKinnie, 
John W. Lilley. 



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